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TYLER & TATTERSHALL.

Hand Seeder.

Patented Apr. 3, 1866.

lnventon Witnesses: m/354% %4Mf FFEQEG PATENT SALMON E. TYLER ANDRICHARD TATTERSHALL, OF BELOIT, WIS, ASSIGN- ORS TO THEMSELVES ANDJACKSON SIMONS, OF ANOKA, MINN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,752, dated April 3,1866; antedated February 17, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SALMON E. TYLER and RICHARD TATTERSHALL, of thecity of Beloit, county of Rock, and State of YVisconsin, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hand Oorn-Droppers; and wedo'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable any one skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machinecomplete. Fig. 2 is a top view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a side sectionalview ot'the tube 0 0, reciprocating head E. and set-screw H, the dottedlines 6 e 6 showing a groove in which the reciprocating head E rotates.Fig. 4 is an end sectional view of the cylindrical grooved pulley D andthe adjustable recessed chamber d d, and Fig. 5 is a side sectional viewof the cylindrical grooved pulley D, recessed adjustable chamber d d,and groovesjjj.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A A is the hoe and handle. B is a tin hopper. 0 G is the tube. D D isthe cylinder and grooved pulley. E is the reciprocating rotating head tothe cylinder D. The setscrew H is for the purpose of holding thecylinder D in the required position, the inner end of which screw worksloosely in the said grooves jjj, as shown at Fig. 5, correctlydetermining the desired number of kernels of corn to be admitted intothe recessed adjustable chamber d d for distribution.

E is the reciprocating head to the said recessed adjustable chamber (1 din the cylinder D. The brush a is for the purpose of separating the cornin the tube 0 G from that in the said recessed adjustable chamber (1 d,acting as a cut-off, so as to prevent more than the required number ofkernels being discharged.

0 is a rubber or other suitable spring, attached to the upper side ofthe grooved pulley D, for holding the cylinder D in .the requiredposition, permitting it to rotate so as to distribute the corn when thecord or wire ff is actuated by the operator in planting. The cord orwire ff is attached to the opposite side of the said grooved pulley D,and when drawn upward by the hand of the operator, and at the same timeturning the hoe over, causes the cylinder D to rotate and discharge thecorn from the side opening of the said adjustable recessed chamber cl d.

The machine may be used and constructed so as to discharge the seedunderneath the tube 0 at the outer end, or on either side of thehoe-handle and in front of the blade.

The operation and construction of this style of hand corn-planter willbe clearly comprehended from the foregoing specification and drawings.

The planting apparatus may be attached to any hoe and removed when theplanting season is over. It is very light, cheap, and in every waypracticable. The hopper and tube will hold as much corn as convenient tocarry in that manner, and may be replenished from a small sack or pouchslung over the shoulder of the workman, holding a convenient quantity.

Bythe use of-the ordinary field selt covering corn-planters it isimpossible to tell whether the ground is planted or not. Many acres aregone over without depositing any seed, because of disarrangement of theusually complicated machinery. The corn cannot be seen in passingout,0t' the planting-tubes, hence the operator is unable to determineWhat portion of his land is or is not planted after going over it in themost careful manner. Many acres have to be replanted, causing expenseand delay, with perhaps no better success than before. The crop is lostthereby. The seed is also so loosely covered that squirrels (gophers)can very easily pick it out of the ground. By the use of this inventionall these evils are obviated. It is also peculiarly adapted for use inrough ground, where the ordinary planters could not be used or operated.It also will save the time and wages of one hand to every two machinesused.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The reciprocating head E, rotating in the grooves c e c, the adjustablerecessed cylinder D, and graduating-grooves jj j, in connection with theset-screw H, when constructed substantially as herein set forth anddescribed.

SALMON E. TYLER. RICHARD TATTERSHALL.

Witnesses:

E. A. BEACH, Cross. 0. TATTERSHALL.

